David Pitt
Fifty years on: the battle to elect Britain’s first black MP
Dr David Pitt’s experience is now largely forgotten. It shouldn’t be.
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British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
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The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
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A Laboured response
Keir Starmer and his advocates are all out of ideas
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The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
Killing the bill
Parliament has not approved assisted suicide — but the fight to revive it has already begun.
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The case against Project Spire
The Church of England should abandon this misleading and expensive exercise in virtue signalling